Things got interesting this week as a few key shows returned to the list (Castle, The Blacklist, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest and Arrow), while others disappeared (Elementary, Agents of SHIELD, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods, Murdoch Mysteries, Resurrection and Dragon’s Den). The NCAA Basketball Tournament is partially to blame for many missing shows as well as the dramatic fall of The Big Bang Theory.

The serieslost over 2.5 million viewers, dropping it to 15th place for the week and third place for Thursday night. If the 2.5 million difference between last week’s Big Bang Theory and this week’s episode was a show, it would be in third place this week, right between NCIS and The Amazing Race. Crazy, isn’t it?

Castle and The Blacklist bumped Masterchef Canada out of the top spot on Monday taking first and second place for the night respectively.

NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and Person of Interest claimed first, second and third respectively on Tuesday. The return of Person of Interest seemed to have dinged Chicago Fire’s numbers with it losing over 200,000 viewers from last week.

CSI saw roughly 100,000 more tune in, reclaiming the top spot for Wednesday night (and the week for that matter). In comparison, Criminal Minds lost 30,000 viewers, but that was more than enough to keep it ahead of Survivor: Brawn Vs. Brains. Arrow also returned to the list taking fifth spot for the night with 1,676,000.

Grey’s saw a dip on Thursday of nearly 230,000. No doubt in part due to the weaker lead in (Spun Out). Motive saw a more modest dip of nearly 60,000 viewers, but the lack of Elementary and Two and a Half Men on the list meant it was able to take the fifth place spot for the night.

Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-O were MIA on Friday, but Grimm saw 24,000 more pairs of eyeballs, and on Saturday, Hockey Night in Canada surged nearly 1 million viewers from week to week.

Sunday’s Mentalist saw nearly 400,000 fewer viewers than last week, but the shows on the chart were in the same spot they were in last week. Notably City’s Resurrection is missing from the top-30 list.

As always, BBM’s full top-30 list is at the source link below.

Top programs for Monday, March 17, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

9

Castle

CTV

10-11 PM

1,958,000

2

10

The Blacklist

Global

10:01-11 PM

1,885,000

3

11

Masterchef Canada

CTV

8-9 PM

1,784,000

4

14

CTV Evening News*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,691,000

5

17

Bones

Global

8-8:59 PM

1,626,000

Top programs for Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

2

NCIS

Global

8-9 PM

2,519,000

2

6

NCIS: Los Angeles

Global

9-10 PM

2,305,000

3

13

Person of Interest

CTV

10:01-11 PM

1,750,000

4

14

CTV Evening News*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,691,000

3

20

Chicago Fire

Global

10-11 PM

1,357,000

Top programs for Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

1

CSI

CTV

10-11 PM

2,522,000

2

4

Criminal Minds

CTV

9-10 PM

2,381,000

3

7

Survivor: Brawn Vs. Brains

Global

8-9 PM

2,239,000

4

14

CTV Evening News*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,691,000

5

16

Arrow

CTV

8-9 PM

1,676,000

Top programs for Thursday, March 20, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

8

Grey’s Anatomy

CTV

9-10 PM

2,115,000

2

14

CTV Evening News*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,691,000

3

15

The Big Bang Theory

CTV

8-8:30 PM

1,687,000

4

19

Motive

CTV

10-11 PM

1,391,000

5

24

CTV National News*

CTV

11-11:30 PM

1,247,000

Top programs for Friday, March 21, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

14

CTV Evening News*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,691,000

2

22

Grimm

CTV

9-10 PM

1,269,000

4

24

CTV National News*

CTV

11-11:30 PM

1,247,000

5

25

Big Bang Theory (syndicated run)*

CTV

7:30-8 PM

1,185,000

Top programs for Saturday, March 22, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

5

HNIC Prime East

CBC

7:09-10:04 PM

2,349,000

2

23

CTV Evening News Weekend*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,249,000

3

24

CTV National News*

CTV

11-11:30 PM

1,247,000

Top programs for Sunday, March 23, 2014

Rank for day

Rank for week

Show

Network

Time

Total viewers

1

3

The Amazing Race

CTV

8-9 PM

2,482,000

2

12

The Mentalist

CTV

10-11 PM

1,776,000

3

18

Believe

CTV

9-10 PM

1,470,000

4

23

CTV Evening News Weekend*

CTV

6-7 PM

1,249,000

5

24

CTV National News*

CTV

11-11:30 PM

1,247,000

Top Ten Shows of the Week

Rank

Show

Network

Day

Time

Viewers

1

CSI

CTV

Wednesday

10-11 PM

2,522,000

2

NCIS

Global

Tuesday

8-9 PM

2,519,000

3

The Amazing Race

CTV

Sunday

8-9 PM

2,482,000

4

Criminal Minds

CTV

Wednesday

9-10 PM

2,381,000

5

HNIC Prime East

CBC

Saturday

7:09-10:04 PM

2,349,000

6

NCIS: Los Angeles

Global

Tuesday

9-10 PM

2,305,000

7

Survivor: Brawn Vs. Brains

Global

Wednesday

8-9 PM

2,239,000

8

Grey’s Anatomy

CTV

Thursday

9-10 PM

2,115,000

9

Castle

CTV

Monday

10-11 PM

1,958,000

10

The Blacklist

Global

Monday

10:01-11 PM

1,885,000

These numbers cover all viewers over the age of two who watched the above listed programs live or with PVRs within seven days of the initial broadcast. The times listed above are for the Eastern Standard Time Zone. Note that programs that have asterisks next to them aired over multiple days and the numbers provided are their average over the days they broadcasted over the week. Some air times provided for shows that run over multiple days conflict with live sports broadcast in some instances. In that case assume that the sports programs aired in that time slot and the program which airs multiple days over the week aired after the conclusion of the game.

*Numbers and times provided are for multiple broadcasts:

CTV Evening News (Monday-Friday)

CTV Evening News Weekend (Saturday, Sunday)

CTV National News (every day)

Big Bang Theory (syndicated run) (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday)

Note: Added asterisk to Friday’s listing of “Big Bang Theory (syndicated run) ” to signify that the data reflects multiple days on April 8th.